Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.

Seattle is this curious liberal island.

When I want an opinion, I'll get it from my peers - from men of vision, like our great railroad builders... Stanford, Huntington, Dinsmore... fellows with imaginations broad enough to span the continent.

In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the air.

I ain't sleeping. I'm just taking a good look at the insides of my eyelids.

Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.

Every White House has had its intellectuals, but very few presidents have been intellectuals themselves - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, the list more or less stops there.